Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-12-21
eoARDlNo-HoUsE CHAT.
why Some Otherwise Harmless PeoI
Are Objectionable Boarder.

why Some Otherwise Harmless People
Are Objectionable Boarders.
I'VE never board people who write. No
objection to you, personally, bat can not
take YOU"
The speaker was stout woman, the
propriets'ss Of a boarding house on the
West side. The applicant was New
York Mail anil Express reporter After
rejecting a moment ne asked her why she
objected 90 writer's.
They always have something 90 say at
tho table AMI generally at the expense OF
tho food. NV blarders would soon be-
come domoraliz a. had one Of your set,
n young fellow who wrote rhymes. After
tie las. one be wrote ] gave him notice to
leave. n was this SANDER;
on. 70 YOU want 10 feel
Liso a salt and peppcred eel.
ORR clam in "a butter tub.
Just tackle Mrs. Blanks best grub
"Ils did not cot chance to tackle any
more o' NV grub"
A lnnI.aiv near Madison square, who
has four or five boardng.hpusos aud has
boon in tho business twenty years, gave
some interesting Attenuation on the sub
ject. She said. "rde most obi ,ctiOna-
Bile borrl'r i- fIc one VINO finds fault at
the table. % become, contagious aud
these precious high-palate epicures
would only communicate W h the head
Of the house without raising row at tho
table there would be some excuse.
Well, do not Let the cobwebs grow upon
their stay, but get them out Of the house
at once. always give n weeks notice o.
leave iu ordinary cases, and nine cases
out Of ten tho person either has pride
enough or gets angry aud leaves imms-
diatcly. Ia cases of improper conduct
give only few hours notice. m I could
write n book IL would ba ON rules 20 guide
boardors. The mon, Old rs vol as young,
arc too prone 90 ilirt with the mattresses
" they are good looking. Homoly servant
girls are la Il mand."
"You must have had some queer experi-
encess"
"t have; aud some Of the Incidents that
have occurred in my boarding houses
would mako romantic reading. One Of the
most polished hank burglars in the pro-
fession boarded with me three months.
We thought he was very pious. lie al
ways hal plenty of money, gave good
references when no came 20 board-though
! aftcrward learned these were forgeries
and soon became n favorite with the
young ladies in the house. He finally
married young aud beautiful girl. He
PROPOSED 10 DO n commercial traveller. He
was frequently absent two or three weeks
from his wife, and during that time she
never received more than two letters.
Whom he departed he never permitted his
wife 20 assist him in packing his valise.
Ho said IL was his humor 10 pack
his valise, because women wero for
getfuL Ono day he went on one OF
his usual trips, saying no would re-
turn In two weeks. Two weeks passed,
and two months, aud he did not return OF
write 90 the almost distracted wife. He
had often told her never 20 20 down town
20 the business house aud bother his EN-.
ployers when he was absent She had
never even gone 90 his place Of business
when no was at home. Disregarding his
injunction in her alarm about his alb
sence, she went 10 tho arm and found that
no such man rs her husband had ever
been connected with the house. She then
consulted the police, and found that over
n month after her husband left her he was
captured and convicted of rObbing n
bank, and was then in Sing Sing serving
ton years sentence. Did she pine and
diey No. She procured a divorce, and
married again. Her present husband is
wealthy, and he idolizes his pretty wife
lie knows, too. his wif5's history. They
move in good circles"